. St. Louis courier of medicine. also theamount of nourishment taken and the administration of themedicine. In this way a complete and valuable record of thecase may be kept. Watch the extremities carefully, and coun-teract any tendency to chilliness by keeping hot water bottles tothem. The body should be sponged off with soap and warmwater each day to keep it clean and the pores open. Wash themouth and teeth also each day. Up to the present time I haveused the ice coil in the treatment of 20 cases of fever, as follows: Puerperal fever, nine cases, one death; typhoid fever, sevencases, two dea
. St. Louis courier of medicine. also theamount of nourishment taken and the administration of themedicine. In this way a complete and valuable record of thecase may be kept. Watch the extremities carefully, and coun-teract any tendency to chilliness by keeping hot water bottles tothem. The body should be sponged off with soap and warmwater each day to keep it clean and the pores open. Wash themouth and teeth also each day. Up to the present time I haveused the ice coil in the treatment of 20 cases of fever, as follows: Puerperal fever, nine cases, one death; typhoid fever, sevencases, two deaths; cerebro-spinal fever, three cases, one death;peritonitis, one case, successful. The treatment of puerperal fever by means of the curette in-tra-uterine douching and the ice coil, I have already detailed ina paper read before this society at its meeting in Springfield, 48 Original Articles. [July, 1888. October, 18S6. Since that time I have treated five cases, andthus far the successful record has only been broken once. The. Mrs. P. K., aged 23 years. Puerperal Fever. Fust seen 24 days after delivery,probably 21 days after disease commenced.
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